Today’s Talent Pools

Legora, a collaborative AI platform for lawyers, raised $50M in Series D extension funding, bringing its total to $600M at a $5.6B post-money valuation. New backers include Atlassian, NVentures, Airtree, Barclays, Geodesic, Insight, Liberty Global, and Nikesh Arora.

  1. Arvid Lagerqvist in Sweden (Co-Founder & CTO @ Favora)

    1. Role: 1st FTE & Founding SWE @ Legora (<1 yr)

    2. Description: “Redefining how you discover and shop fashion”

    3. Funding: “Backed by operators and investors at OpenAI, CRV, Node.vc, and Wave Ventures.”

  2. Gustav Bang in Denmark (Co-Founder & CEO @ Complir)

    1. Role: Head of Denmark @ Legora (<1 yr)

    2. Description: “AI for physical products”

  3. Michelle Cotter in Stockholm (Stealth)

    1. Role: Director of Engagement @ Legora (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: GM of Nordics @ Revolut, Principal AE & Team Lead @ HubSpot

    3. Description: Stealth since 1/26

  4. Jakub Makowski in London (Stealth)

    1. Role: Head of UK @ Legora (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Special Projects @ Lawhive, Founder’s Associate @ Robin AI, King’s College London Law

    3. Description: “Working on a pre-seed legal/regulatory product in stealth.”

  5. Arslan Ali in SF (Co-Founder @ Olostep)

    1. Role: SWE @ Legora (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: CSWE @ Sameday (YC W23), Stanford BS CS

    3. Description: “Get clean data for your AI from any website and automate your web workflows”

    4. Funding: Backed by Afore

  6. Cole Bittel in Copenhagen (Founder @ Walt)

    1. Role: 1st Platform Engineer @ Legora (<1 yr)

    2. Description: "Private tap-to-pay alternative to Google Wallet / Apple Pay for Europe"

  7. Rasmus Risberg in Stockholm (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE @ Legora (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    3. Description: Left Legora 12/24

  8. Mikkel Alvegg-Langhelle in Sweden (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE @ Legora (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Nemoest, University of Oslo BS Informatics

    3. Description: Left Legora 8/25

Skio, the YC S20 subscription payments startup solo-founded by Kennan Frost, was acquired by Recharge for $105M in cash. The company had raised only $8M and was at $32M ARR processing $4B+ in payments at the time of sale.

  1. Kennan Frost in NYC (Founder @ Icon) - Series A Lead

    1. Role: Founder @ Skio (5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Engineer @ Pinterest, Columbia BS

    3. Description: "The Human Admaker"

    4. Funding: Backed by Founders Fund

  2. Luis Del Giudice in Dominican Republic (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ Skio (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: MTS @ xAI, Co-Founder & CEO @ Zami (bootstrapped to $1M monthly volume), Tech Lead @ FTX, 1st FTE @ Pinwheel ($84M from GGV, Coatue, First Round Capital, Upfront Ventures)

    3. Description: Left xAI 2025

Standard Intelligence, a recently founded San Francisco startup that develops AI models designed to learn and explore like humans, raised a $75 million round from Sequoia and Spark Capital at a $500 million post-money valuation.

  1. Nicholas Charette in Texas (Student)

    1. Role: MTS @ Standard Intelligence (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Stanford BS Mathematics (class of '29)

    3. Description: Left Standard Intelligence 9/25

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